Open Sans Light Italic
Open Sans Light Italic is the italic weight 300 face of Open Sans, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 8% narrower than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 477 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 576.2 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 259.8 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 550.3 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 27% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to Open Sans Light Italic
Measured on every printable character both fonts contain. A smaller difference means the same words take the same space, so lines break in the same places.
- Noto Sans Light Italicnearly identical widths (4.1 units)
- Noto Sans ExtraLight Italicnearly identical widths (4.8 units)
- Noto Sans Thin Italicvery close widths (9.1 units)
- Noto Sans Italicsimilar widths (15.1 units)
- Noto Sans Display Italicsimilar widths (21.6 units)
- Noto Sans Display Light Italicsimilar widths (21.8 units)
- Noto Sans Display Medium Italicsimilar widths (21.9 units)
- Noto Sans Medium Italicsimilar widths (21.9 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Open Sans Light Italic
Most PDFs embed only the letters they already use. Type a new letter and many editors either refuse or swap in a different font. MythosPDF recognises Open Sans Light Italic from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Open Sans Light Italic itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
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Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Open Sans Light Italic?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Noto Sans Light Italic has the closest letter widths to Open Sans Light Italic: nearly identical widths, a mean difference of 4.1 units per 1000 em.
+Does Open Sans Light Italic have tabular numbers?
Yes. All ten digits are 550.3 units wide, so numbers in tables and invoices line up.
+Can I type new text in Open Sans Light Italic inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Open Sans font, and sets new letters in Open Sans Light Italic.
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